mesai
noun B2- work, shift, overtime
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in mesaim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mesaisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mesaisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mesaisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mesaisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Hakan Bey, “ Kendini fazla yormanı istemem, yine de mesai saatleri içinde bir çözüm üretmeliyiz,” diyerek itiraz etti.
Mr. Hakan objected, saying, "I don't want you to tire yourself too much, nevertheless we must produce a solution within working hours."
Rıza Bey, mesaisinin son saatlerinde genç kıza kendi hayat tecrübelerinden süzülmüş, bilgeliğiyle yoğrulmuş küçük tavsiyelerde bulunmaktan büyük keyif alıyordu.
In the final hours of his shift, Mr. Rıza took great pleasure in giving the young girl small pieces of advice kneaded with his wisdom filtered from his own life experiences.
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